Contrary to fathers' rights propaganda, father perpetrators (along with stepdads and caretaker boyfrends) dominate the most vicious crimes against children: sexual assault, abusive head trauma, murder-suicides, crimes involving gun violence, and other similar forms of physically violent/fatal child abuse. And as more dads are providing child care (either because mom is working and can't find other care, or because dads are increasingly getting unsupervised visitation/custody through the family courts), more dads are are being found guilty of basic child abuse and neglect as well.

10/25/15 -Because of severe time constraints, we are no longer able to do regular updates at Dastardly Dads. We will occasionally post articles on general studies on child abuse/domestic violence, news pieces involving abusive fathers in custody/visitation situations. We wil also be updating the Killer Dads and Custody lists, while looking for a better, more accessible platform for the data.

7/11/16 - We started this blog on June 24, 2009--just over seven years. And like all good things, it's time to bring this project to a close. It has served its purpose. We have close to 10,500 postings regarding fathers and child abuse, with hundred of those cases being enabled by the family courts, social services, and others in authority. The documentation is clear. It is now time to stop documenting and put that energy into changing the situation that puts thousands of mothers and children at risk every day.

An infant who police said was violently shaken by his father has died, officials said.

The 3-month-old boy died about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, said John Lennan with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

The boy's 46-year-old father was arrested Thursday after Corpus Christi police responded to a call about 3:45 p.m. for an unresponsive infant in the 4900 block of High Meadow Drive on the city's Southside.

The parents were attempting to administer CPR to the baby when officers arrived, according to a police news release Thursday. The baby had been on life support at Driscoll Children's Hospital.

Officers arrested Rene Anthony Garcia on suspicion of injury to a child, elderly or disabled, which is a first-degree felony.

His bail is set at $100,000, jail officials said. Police have said Garcia's charges may be ungraded.

The child's 25-year-old mother was home at the time of the incident, but she is not expected to be charged with a crime, police said.